{"id":34127,"date":"2026-06-28T10:27:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=34127"},"modified":"2026-06-28T10:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:27:37","slug":"europe-paying-price-for-burning-fossil-fuels-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=34127","title":{"rendered":"Europe paying price for burning fossil fuels: UN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a>The heatwave scorching Europe has the fingerprints of climate change all over it and is \u201cthe latest price to pay for fossil fuel pollution baking our planet\u201d, UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Europe has endured extreme heat this week, with record-breaking temperatures in France, Britain and Spain and other countries issuing high-level heat alerts. \u201cEurope\u2019s savage heatwave has the fingerprints of the climate crisis all over it \u2014 it\u2019s the latest price to pay for fossil fuel pollution baking our planet,\u201d Stiell said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUntil humanity stops burning colossal amounts of coal, oil and gas, extreme heat will keep getting worse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clients\u2019 emissions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A French court on Thursday ordered TotalEnergies to account for its clients\u2019 emissions and outline measures to address them, in a ruling that NGOs hailed as a victory in the major climate case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Court orders Total Energies to account for clients\u2019 emissions<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The court, however, stopped short of imposing specific measures demanded by the plaintiffs against the French energy giant, including a halt in new fossil fuel projects and cuts in oil and gas production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case is the latest in a growing wave of climate litigation targeting major corporate emitters worldwide, and it comes as France and other European countries are baking under a record-breaking heatwave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NGOs and TotalEnergies battled at the Paris Judicial Court over whether environmental risks fall within France\u2019s corporate duty of vigilance law, which was enacted in 2017. \u201cClimate-related risks and impacts to which the company may contribute through its activities fall within the scope of the law on the duty of vigilance for parent companies and ordering companies,\u201d the court said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city of Paris hailed the ruling as \u201ca landmark decision in the history of French climate law\u201d. \u201cFor the first time, a judge recognises that climate risks do indeed fall under the duty of vigilance owed by large corporations, and no fossil-fuel multinational can evade this responsibility,\u201d Deputy Mayor Alice Timsit said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an important decision in these days of unprecedented heatwaves: fighting climate change also means fighting for a livable future in our daily lives,\u201d the NGOs Notre Affaire a Tous, Sherpa and France Nature Environment said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oil cuts?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Company lawyers had argued during February hearings that the law did not cover global warming. But the group of NGOs that took TotalEnergies to court said the law\u2019s reference to prevention of environmental risks encompasses both local pollution and climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plaintiffs specifically accused TotalEnergies of refusing to account for indirect emissions from end users, which they say amounted to 342 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TotalEnergies argued that the law applied only to the company\u2019s own operations and those of its contractors, not to customer activity. The court, however, said the company\u2019s vigilance plan was \u201cincomplete\u201d. It gave TotalEnergies six months to amend it to include such emissions from end-users, known as Scope 3, along with unspecified \u201crelated measures\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2010891<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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